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The Met Office said: “Plenty of warm weather in the south through the first half of this week, but the cooler air to the north will spread to all areas later in the week.”

Met Office meteorologist Martin Bowles said: “As we move into next week we will see high pressure starting to build again and temperatures will rise.

“High pressure will become centred over the UK allowing warm air to come in from the Continent; we expect temperatures to reach the high 20Cs by the end of the week, especially in the southeast where it could be quite hot.

“There is a general feeling that temperatures will remain above average through the rest of the month.”

The hot weather is set to continue through the week as temperatures remain in the mid-twenties, according to BBC Weather.

Across the south-east and East Anglia, the BBC weather map showed temperatures could reach a scorching 25C on Wednesday afternoon.

And the forecast predicts it would be “warm and humid”, with temperatures in the north of the UK in Scotland peaking at 17C.

James Madden, forecaster for Exacta Weather, said: “Our high confidence projections continue to show a massive build of high pressure across our shores from later this week onwards.

UK weather forecast: Temperatures could reach 30C (Image: WINDY)

UK weather forecast: The hot weather is set to continue through the week (Image: WXCHARTS)

“This is likely to bathe the country in another prolonged period of very hot weather of potentially epic proportions during the final third of June and into July.

“It is now becoming plausible that we could see temperatures approaching or exceeding the 30C (86F) mark across many parts of the country at times within this period."

Brits have been warned to prepare for high humidity levels, with the scorching heat likely to continue into the start of July.

The Met Office long range forecast read: "During the last week of the month dry, fine and very warm, sometimes hot, weather is expected to continue in southern and central parts and this fine, settled weather is also expected for much of the week across northern parts of the country too.

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"From time to timehowever, conditions will become unsettled and generally cooler in the north or northwest, with short-lived spells of rain or showers possible along with stronger winds."

Bookmaker Coral has slashed offs to 2-1 on 2018 going down as the hottest year on record.

Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead said: “We’ve had patches of very warm weather already this year and the prospect of another heatwave is sending the historians scurrying away in anticipation of records tumbling.

“It’s odds on for the hottest summer already and there’s every chance the whole year might also break the record.”